Wednesday, January 06, 2010

It's the Official First Random Dozen of 2010

1. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being a cranky-baby-hissy-fitter, how much of a complainer are you?

It turns out, not so much. Or I'm completely oblivious to my own complaining. I haven't had to switch the bracelet that much. I did get all bent out of shape in a return line at Old Navy yesterday, but no one could tell but me and God. BUT--and this is crucial--I DID say, "What are you doing?" to myself in an accusatory tone, and then I stopped. So on a scale from 1-10, I'm giving myself four stars.

2. When someone else is talking, do you listen, or are you thinking about what you're going to say in response?

Honestly, I spend a lot of my listening time trying to 1) hear correctly (I have had my hearing tested). 2) comprehend what the person is saying, because I don't have the same kind of intuition that most women have. So don't insinuate things to me because I might nod my head but not have a clue. And then I'll have to play catch up while you're talking.

3. I just deleted 1062 messages from my email account. Do you have any plans for a clean sweep this month--of anything?

I just cleaned out my files at work; that felt good. But I have no plans for home clean sweeping as yet. I would like to garage to be magically clean, though.

And now, here are some brilliant questions from a gal named Angie atAngie's Ad Libwho graciously offered to let me borrow her brain. Please go over and see Angie because it was so nice of her to help me out. Thank you so much, Angie!

4. Tell us about your perfume. Was it a gift? What does it remind you of? Do you have a signature scent?

Well, I've almost given up on scents. The older I get, the more sensitive I get to fumes, both "per" and non "per," as in diesel. However, I do like to smell coconut, and I have a shower foam right now from Bath and Body Works that I enjoy.

5. What is your best organizing tip for the new year?

Don't have your adult children come home to roost.

6. What is your favorite comic strip?

Well, Garfield for personal reasons (someone near and dear to me is an employee of the real actual Garfield in human form). But, back in the 80s I loved Bloom County.

7. Do you sleep with a fluffy or flat pillow?

Fluffy. Cold side only, please.

8. What color is your kitchen? Why did you choose that color?

Well, my blogger friends helped choose my wallpaper. The kitchen is black and white with a touch of spring green and red. Wowsers.

9. What’s the most interesting bumper sticker you’ve seen?

I kept a picture of it for a long time because I was going to do a post about it, but I never got around to it. I was jogging through a parking lot and saw a car window sticker that encouraged the reader to vote for a specific candidate. Problem was, the owner had put it on backwards, so that passersby couldn't read it. Only the people in the car could read it quickly. So maybe he just needed a constant reminder of who he intended to vote for.

10. Do you prefer an expensive writing tool or whatever is lying around? (Are you a Montblanc or a Papermate?)

Papermate. Just like this one and not because I'm cheap but because of the way it fits my hand and how smooth it is on the outside and how smoothly it writes.

11. What chore doesn’t feel like a chore – you just enjoy it (at least most of the time)?

Seriously, I like to vacuum. That's it, though. It's the ooooonly one.

12. If your parents often repeated themselves, what is something one of them said more than once?

I imagined a low rumble starting across bloggyland as readers digested this question. We're all rolling our eyes, right?

OK:

1. "Don't go outside with wet hair or let your feet get cold; you will catch a head cold."
2. "Be careful." This is definitely the most oft-repeated phrase from both of my parents. They still call it out as I'm leaving their house. I live across a small town, so there's lots of opportunity for a 47 year-old woman like me to get into all kinds of trouble on the way home, especially if she stops for eggs and bread at that juke joint they call Wowmart.

One of my new year's resolutions was to do this meme ON TIME! :-) AND I did it! Actually, I posted it last night before I went to bed!Anywayyyy....loved reading your answers, Linda, and you mentioned liking the smell of coconut: I have a lip balm that is tropical flavor and I love the coconut in it, so I may have to browse around B&BW the next time I'm in there and see what they have! :-) Thanks for doing the questions!!! :-) Oh, and thanks to you, too, Angie!!!

I am up and I love the wet head. My mom never told me it would give me a cold though, she told me the truth that it would give me split ends and then if I had split end issues, she would be forced to get me an unflattering pixie cut.

Your list cracks me up. And yeah, I forgot about the warnings my mom always gave about catching cold. She wore a head scarf for years and tried to get us to, convinced that if her ears weren't covered she/we would get sick.

As always you answers are so enjoyable to read. HA, we have the same blog design. How CUTE we're twins. Or at least until my new design gets finished. I've decided to splurge and go custom. Hope you don't mind us "dressing alike"

My mom ALWAYS said, even into my adult years, "Drive carefully" when I'd be leaving to go anywhere to which I would always respond, "No Mom. I'm going to drive as wrecklessly as possible!" She wasn't impressed with my sass.

My answers are up & Happy New Year. Thanks for doing the RD again this year! :-D

I love love LOVED Bloom County! Back in the mid 80s I had a license plate that read "OPUSLUST" - which of course most people thought meant I was a music major LOL. When I got married my friends thought they were super cute & put shaving cream over the OPUS part. Hardy-har-har...

Oh man...my daughter would have answered the "be careful" sentiment, as that is what I say to her every time she leaves. She is, however, 17, and I tell her all the time that moms are supposed to say those kinds of things.

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